A comparative assessment of thermal conductivity of functionally graded and equivalent non-graded ZrB2–B4C–SiC–LaB6 ultra-high-temperature ceramic composites

Autor: Ajit Kumar Naik, Lava Kumar Pillari, Kyle Lessoway, Lukas Bichler, Tapas Laha, Siddhartha Roy
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Open Ceramics, Vol 19, Iss , Pp 100653- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-5395
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2024.100653
Popis: In this study, functionally graded ZrB2–B4C–SiC–LaB6 composite materials (FGMs) with potential applications in hypersonic aircraft thermal protection systems were fabricated using spark plasma sintering. A systematic study of the thermal conductivity of the FGM, the conductivity of respective FGM layers, and the equivalent non-graded composites, was performed from room temperature up to 450 °C. The results suggest that the thermal conductivity of the FGMs (in the through-thickness direction) and their equivalent non-graded composites ranged between 25 and 34.9 W/mK, which was ∼60 % less than ZrB2. While the overall thermal conductivity of the FGM and equivalent non-graded composites were similar, in the FGM, the topmost layer with high ZrB2-content displayed up to 245 % higher thermal conductivity than the bottom layer with high B4C content. A systematic comparison between experimentally determined conductivity and relevant thermal conductivity models was conducted.
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